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April 2 • A police officer performing a Predatory Order Registration (POR) call was told by the individual’s mother he was inside but if the officer attempted to enter there...

One man was arrested Monday morning after allegedly breaking into a Clarissa drug store. The Todd County Sheriff’s Office received a call of an intrusion alarm at Clarissa Drug at...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of a 41-year-old Fertile, Minn., woman who was found dead in her vehicle Sunday in rural Polk County. Authorities have identified...

Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are a digital double-edged sword for Wadena–Deer Creek Middle/High School. On one hand, WDC uses official social network profiles to give updates to...

Alan Wayne Habedank, 36, Pelican Rapids, warrant: contempt of court. Christopher Allen Hendrickson, 25, Hewitt, warrant: third-degree burglary. Cody James McBeth, 20, Menahga, first-degree burglary. Angela Christine Burnside-Stewart, 31, Ponsford, Minn., warrant: theft.

Timothy Jacob Neiminen, 34, Wadena, DWI, local confinement (90 days, stayed 89 days for two years. Credit for time served: one day), adult probation (two years), fees $565. Nathanial Louis...

March 12 • Wadena authorities were notified of a trailer and boat that were stripped and abandoned. • A woman reported receiving numerous text messages and threats from a man...

It was officially decided during Monday’s Wadena-Deer Creek School Board meeting that Lee Westrum will be the district’s superintendent next year, and some could argue the method of communication with...